Wilhelm Georg Berger
Wilhelm Georg Berger (born December 4, 1929 in Reps , Romania ; † March 8, 1993 in Bucharest , Romania) was a Transylvanian-Saxon composer , violinist and musicologist .
life and work
Wilhelm G. Berger was born in Reps, Transylvania, which was also called Musical Reps because of its colorful musical life . He first studied violin and viola with Cecilia Nițulescu-Lupu, Anton Adrian Sarvaș and Alexandru Rădulescu, later he was violinist at the Bucharest State Philharmonic for several years and a member of the string quartet of the Romanian Composers' Union.
Berger left behind an extensive composition work with, among other things, 24 symphonies, 21 string quartets, oratorios, concerts, sonatas, organ works, masses. He dedicated a Messa da Requiem to his Transylvanian homeland. His string quartet No. 6 won first prize in Liège in 1965 , a violin sonata the Prince Rainier III de Monaco prize for composition in 1964, and a violin concerto first prize in Brussels in 1966. Some of his works have been published by the Romanian label Electrecord , such as the 10th symphony for organ and orchestra with Hans Eckart Schlandt on the organ. Parts of Berger's Berlin Jazz Composers Ensemble were used in a jazz suite.
His musicological work includes a series of books on the aesthetics of the sonata, one on string quartets, a concert guide and books on classical composition theory.
In 1968 Berger was elected secretary of the Romanian Composers Union.
literature
- Karl Teutsch in: Walter Myß (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Transylvanian Saxony. History, culture, civilization, science, economy, living space Transylvania (Transylvania). Wort und Weltverlag, Thaur near Innsbruck 1993, ISBN 3-85373-140-6 .
Web links
- Catalog of works on Klassika.info
- Works by and about Wilhelm Georg Berger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Fink : When the ballroom was too small ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Wilhelm Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian composer and musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reps , Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1993 |
| Place of death | Bucharest , Romania |